29. A book related to air

[Wendy]

I struggled with this one too, but as I am on a Bronte kick this year, I decided to do a re-read of Wuthering Heights -- long overdue, as I last read it when I was only 16!

I'll let Emily Bronte explain how this relates to air:

"Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. "Wuthering" being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the hedge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun."

[Liz]

For this prompt, I read Miracle Creek by Angie Kim.

It presents the story of a Korean couple who move to the United States and open an experimental medical treatment facility to treat people with health issues and disabilities. Hopeful patients are subjected to pressurized oxygen "dives", or Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, in hopes of curing their ailments.

Miracle Creek is a character-driven novel that brings home the challenges associated with doing the right thing. It also raises the question: is the right thing always clear?

4 stars
My review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pam]

This was the hardest prompt for me! I decided to finish The Wild Robot since I was going to see the movie. I had started it 3 years ago but gave the book to my daughter for her son before I finished it. The connection to air is 1) the geese fly in the air (and migrate) and 2) there is an airship involved in the story. This is one of the few times I can say that I preferred the movie over the book. The book is fine. It's just written for a young mid-grade (2nd-3rd grade level).

[Stacey]

My final read of the ATY 2024 Challenge was a blend of time travel, magical realism and comic book fantasy (not to mention a killer cover), The Mexican Flyboy (Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Américas Series) by Alfredo Véa. Loved it. Great for fans of magical realism, sci-fi and history.